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Meteors That Enlighten the Earth: Napoleon and the Cult of Great Men
by Matthew D. Zarzeczny (Author),
Cambridge Scholars Publishing (Publisher)
Product Specifications
Book Description
Napoleon promoted and honored great men throughout his reign.Inaddition to
comparing himself to various great men, hefamouslyestablished a Legion of Honor
on 19 May 1802 to honorbothcivilians and soldiers, including non-ethnically
Frenchmen.Napoleon not only created an Irish Legion in 1803 and
laterawardedWilliam Lawless and John Tennent the Legion of Honour.Napoleonalso
gave them an Eagle with the inscription"L'Independenced'Irlande." He awarded
twenty-six of his generalsthe marshal'sbaton from 1804 through 1815 and in 1806,
he furthermemorializedhis soldiers by deciding to erect a Temple to the Gloryof
theGreat Army modeled on Ancient designs. From 1806 through1815,Napoleon had
more men interred in the Pantheon in Paris thananyother French leader before or
after him. In
Book Specifications
ISBN-13 9781443842075
Language English
Binding Hard Bound
Publisher Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Publishing Date 2013-01-01
Total Pages 270